Dr. Jonathan Spyer, Director of the Rubin Centre in Israel, spoke at an AIJAC function in Melbourne on the continuing instability in the Middle East. Recorded 27 August 2015.
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Dr Jonathan Spyer: Israel in a collapsing Middle East
Dr. Jonathan Spyer spoke at an AIJAC co-sponsored function in Melbourne, Australia.
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Hizballah vs. ISIS. vs. Israel
Two incidents this week showcase the complexity of the challenges facing Israel on its northern front.
In the first, an air strike killed four members of the Islamic State-affiliated Khalid Ibn al-Walid Brigade after a patrol of the Golani reconnaissance unit in the southern Golan Heights was targeted by the organization. Israeli aircraft then targeted a facility used by the group in the Wadi Sirhan area. Read more
Dr Jonathan Spyer: Revolution & Counter-revolution in Syria
A briefing on Revolution and Counter-revolution in Syria with Dr. Jonathan Spyer, expert in Israeli foreign policy and the Arab-Israel conflict.
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Scenarios for Syria
As the pressure increases for intervention in Syria we canvass the different scenarios that might play out in the troubled nation.
We hear from Israeli academic and journalist Jonathan Spyer, who earlier this year was smuggled across the Turkish border into Syria. On horseback, with local help, he made his way to Idlib and spent a week with rebels from the Free Syrian Army. Read more
Israel’s perspective on Syria
Earlier this year Israeli academic and journalist Jonathan Spyer was smuggled across the Turkish border into Syria. On horseback, with local help, he made his way to Idlib and spent a week with rebels from the Free Syrian Army. Two weeks after he returned home, the Syrian Army took the town. He speaks on the regional implications of the conflict in Syria. Read more
Little hope from beginning: expert
Dr Jonathan Spyer discusses Kofi Annan’s six-point peace plan. Read more
Syria: The Assad Regime and the Rebels
Jonathan Spyer speaking on the war in Syria. Read more
Syria’s Interlocking Conflicts
The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces last Friday announced the commencement of an operation to conquer the northern Syrian city of Raqqa. The operation was designated ‘Euphrates Wrath.’ Read more
Battle for Power: Iran vs. Turkey in northern Iraq
The Iraqi special forces have now entered the first neighborhoods of the city of Mosul. Captured by the Islamic State in the summer of 2014, the city constitutes the jewel in the crown of the Sunni jihadis’ Iraqi holdings. It may be assumed that they will fight with determination to hold it. Read more